"Bang! Bang! Bang…"
Morning.
At the Akira residence.
Inside Ren's room.
One Wood Clone after another was dispelled.
With the help of the Wood Clones, Ren had already learned most of the Genjutsu recorded on the scroll.
Having just put away the Genjutsu scroll passed down by Senju Taohua, Ren released the Wood Clones and began receiving the memories and experience they brought back along with their chakra.
Even though he had intentionally dispelled them one by one to prevent accidents—
The overwhelming flood of information still made his head spin.
"Whew… I was still a bit too impatient!"
Ren rubbed his temples with a bitter smile, looking exhausted.
"Having all the clones work together to train one ninjutsu is completely different from learning dozens of different Genjutsu at the same time…"
"The chakra consumption and physical fatigue are secondary. The real problem is that practicing so many different illusions at once puts too much strain on the mind. The information flooding back is just too chaotic!"
"If I had been more careful and dismissed one clone every one or two hours, I probably wouldn't have ended up this miserable."
He let out a long breath.
Thick wooden branches sprouted from his right hand.
In the blink of an eye, they formed another Wood Clone.
"You're in charge of the house today. I'm going to sleep first…"
He pointed at the clone and warned seriously.
"Remember—don't take advantage of Sister Kurenai!"
If the original body were to lose consciousness,
the Wood Clones he created might disappear.
But he wasn't fainting—he was simply going to sleep to recover mentally.
That was very different from completely losing consciousness.
"Got it, got it. Seriously… you're even jealous of your own clone."
The Wood Clone rolled its eyes.
Being guarded against by his own original body—
Truly worthy of being himself.
…
Two hours later.
"Ahhh—"
Ren stretched lazily, looking completely refreshed.
"I'm finally back to full health!"
He didn't dispel the clone. Instead, he bumped fists with it.
Through their chakra connection, he received the memories sent back by the clone and raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? Sister Kurenai went out?"
Seeing that his grandmother was still sleeping,
he didn't stay in the room and walked outside.
He planned to take a stroll.
"Swish—"
Both of his hands transformed into branches again.
Two more Wood Clones quickly grew out.
Including the previous one, there were now three in total.
"On the table are the puppet blueprints I designed, and that storage scroll contains the materials Tenten's family gathered. I believe you guys can handle it…"
"Next, I'll leave everything to you!"
"Oh, and remember to look after Grandma while you're at it. I'm going out for a walk!"
Looking at the three figures identical to himself, Ren directly acted like a hands-off boss.
With perfect Yang Release power, his physical recovery ability was astonishing.
Even his mental recovery was exceptional.
He now felt completely refreshed, with no trace of the earlier exhaustion.
Humming a tune, hands in his pockets, he leisurely walked away.
He had already drawn every part of the new puppet design in great detail.
With three Wood Clones working together, the efficiency should be quite high.
At worst, he could check everything when he returned.
If there were mistakes or shortcomings, he could fix them then.
Watching the original body leave so freely,
the three Wood Clones looked at each other.
The corners of their mouths twitched.
"Even capitalists aren't this ruthless. As expected of myself."
"Stop complaining and get to work."
"Let's go, workers!"
…
"Sure enough, sunbathing really refreshes the spirit!"
On the street,
basking in the sunlight,
Ren wore a relaxed smile.
As the user of the Mori Mori no Mi, a Logia-type Devil Fruit,
he could replenish energy through photosynthesis.
It could even replace normal food as the energy required for his daily life.
In other words, to some extent—
He had already achieved bigu (living without eating).
He was practically no longer human.
Of course, he still enjoyed delicious food and didn't want to give up that pleasure in life.
So even though he hadn't eaten since yesterday,
he actually wasn't hungry.
As for the legendary Ichiraku Ramen, it wasn't like he had never tried it.
It tasted alright, but it wasn't as amazing as people said.
So he rarely went there.
Perhaps everyone's taste was different.
For him, instead of eating ramen,
he would rather eat barbecue.
"Ren!!"
At that moment—
A surprised voice suddenly sounded from behind him.
A figure rushed toward him like a blur, using the Body Flicker Technique.
Ren's eyelids twitched when he noticed it.
But it was already too late to dodge.
He was knocked straight to the ground.
A beautiful figure landed on top of him, straddling his waist.
"Hehe, I finally caught you again, brat…"
A pretty face appeared right in front of him.
She held several skewers of dumplings in both hands, with grease still around her mouth.
Her denim shorts and white T-shirt couldn't hide her attractive curves at all.
Her tight and elastic legs firmly pinned down Ren—who was only eight years old and small in stature—completely ignoring the stunned pedestrians on the street.
Staring at his unbelievably handsome face,
her eyes gleamed.
She licked her lips and said with a grin,
"Kurenai treasures you like crazy. She's always guarding against me like I'm some kind of wolf. She doesn't even let me visit her house anymore!"
"Big sister likes you the most, Ren!"
At this moment,
the pedestrians on the street
all began casting strange looks.
Struggling to breathe, Ren broke out in a cold sweat.
He hurriedly said,
"Sister Anko… long time no see. Could you let me get up first?"
It was over.
This female pervert—
had always been coveting his peerless looks.
Today, he probably wouldn't be able to escape.
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